I love the White Stripes. They are, in my opinion, one of the most original bands to make the charts in quite some time. Of course, being from
Detroit might have tainted my "unbiased" opinion some, as I am from Detroit myself. Nevertheless, Jack White certainly has developed an interesting
and innovative sound.

As for the influences that might have shaped the White Stripes, well, that's a difficult proposition. I would suppose that, like all musicians, the
White Stripes have developed from the music of their environment. In this case, I believe that the White Stripes would have developed in the unique
sound and music cauldron that IS Detroit. Motown, Gospel, Heavy Metal and the Southern Blues have all played a role in making this band a great
addition to my regular playlist.

In an English mag. [Total Guitar] nov. 2004, Jack cites his influences asRobert Johnson, Son House, Charlie Patton and Willie Brown. Also John Lee
Hooker and Howlin Wolf.

Some how Jack and Loretta Lynn are related. IMO this has contributed greatly to the White Stripes success. I'm not big fans of theirs but I do like
to watch Meg play the drums. And I must admit, some of their lyrics have great hooks.

The album as a whole, I'd give it a 9.8, but that is my musical preference. But, I love the sound!

To be honest, I'd be surprised if Forever For Her doesn't make it to the top 5 on the charts, I love that song. Makes me want to do things to a
nice woman, things I'm sure the censors wouldn't want me to mention.

I may have to take a road trip to Detroit to check out the club scene. If Detroit is where this music is coming from, Detroit is Rock City!

But, seriously, it is an interesting sound and puts me in a good mood. Seeing how much is going on in my life with going back to Iraq for my third
tour, putting me in a good mood is an achievement. Thanks White Stripes, well, if you are ever here at ATS, thanks that is.

Originally posted by whaaa
Some how Jack and Loretta Lynn are related.

I had no idea. If you have anymore info on how they are related, I'd like to know.
My husband is a hard core fan, and has every piece of vinyl that Loretta ever produced. He has all the records with Conway Twitty and Ernest Tubb, the
Patsy Cline tribute album, etc.... He even has 8 tracks and cassette tapes. (and all this has to play on the computers.... What a headache....)

So if anyone knows what the relationship between Jack White and Loretta Lynn is, please let me know.
It would mean a lot to me.

She can't even play them very well! She's the worst drummer I've ever seen in my opinion. She can't hit the bass drum without hitting a cymbal. I
think in all honesty, I have actually seen a five year old play drums better than Meg.

Honestly, I never heard of them until i saw them on the Daily Show on Comedy Central channel/TV.

I'm certain practice makes perfect. I don't know all too much about them, including Meg, but she seemed to do OK on the talk shows. She also wrote
(i'm told) and does sing one song on the CD. It is an obvious feminist song which offers good advice for young women i suspect. I wasn't really
paying close attention to her drum playing, but the overall sound blended good, but they were only performing two tracks "My Doorbell" & "The
Denial Twist". Both songs incorporate drums, and sounded good to me. She didn't do to much talking at all when talking to Jon Stewart and Connan
O'Brian. I think she is shy, ironic since she is a performer, but then again so was Jimmy Hendrix.

She can't even play them very well! She's the worst drummer I've ever seen in my opinion. She can't hit the bass drum without hitting a cymbal. I
think in all honesty, I have actually seen a five year old play drums better than Meg.

She annoys me.

The key word was WATCH. She is a terrible drummer but I love the way she jiggles. wink, wink,ay, ay know what i mean, nudge, nudge ay ay

She can't even play them very well! She's the worst drummer I've ever seen in my opinion. She can't hit the bass drum without hitting a cymbal. I
think in all honesty, I have actually seen a five year old play drums better than Meg.

She annoys me.

The key word was WATCH. She is a terrible drummer but I love the way she jiggles. wink, wink,ay, ay know what i mean, nudge, nudge ay ay

Yeah, I realised that after I made the post, I apologise. But yeah, man. Couldnt agree more with her "jiggling".

The White Stripes are the real deal. I'd love to see them in concert too! I'm very jealous! They don't use playlists so every show is unique, and
since there's only 2 of them they kind of feed off eachother and play songs differently according to their moods and change things around as they go
almost like seeing a free form jam session. Brilliant!

Originally posted by tiddly54
i hope it is good,
im going to see them at big day out

So am I.. considering buying a CD beforehand but don't know if I'll like more than that one song I can't remember the name of [I think there are
triangles in the clip?]. Don't want to risk 30$ on a 'might' play it more than once gamble..

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